Computer-Mediated Collaborative Learning of Legal Argumentation

In this paper we review the role that collaborative learning can play in law. In particular we see it as a constructive way of acquiring information not only about the domain, but also the processes that operate in the domain, and how to play the roles that arise in the domain. We have previously described a stand-alone dialogue tool to support such learning. In this paper we describe how the tool can be embedded in a more general environment which will support a variety of aspects of collaborative learning.